Read and Thumb

Read

Read verb - To go over and mentally take in the content of.

Usage example: he always reads the newspaper in the morning as he eats breakfast

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Thumb and read are semantically related In some cases you can use "Thumb" instead a verb "Read".

Thumb verb - To travel by securing free rides.

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Read and thumb are semantically related in browse topic. Sometimes you can use "Read" instead a verb "Thumb".

Nearby Words: thumbed, thumbing

short	short read	short thumb
powerful	powerful read	powerful thumb

Violet from One Piece normally doesn't have to be really close to another person to read his/her mind with her powers, but in order to let someone else read her mind, that someone should look at her eye through her circled thumb and pointer finger.

Source: Touch Telepathy
Read All About It: On Trialveron, the three human characters stick out like a sore thumb, due to having, well, more than one personality trait apiece.

Source: Villains Blend in Better
If someone were to lop off someone's thumb, the device would not be able to read it, and the effort would be in vain.

Source: Borrowed Biometric Bypass

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